Easter Monday

noun

1. the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Easter Monday¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

This week, Bayrou proposed eliminating France’s Easter Monday and Victory Day holidays, the latter marking the defeat of Nazi Germany.

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Predictably enough, his proposal on Tuesday to axe the Easter Monday and 8 May holidays triggered howls of protest from the left and the populist right – with his own centrists and the conservative right expressing at best guarded support.

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Bayrou suggested axing Easter Monday and 8 May, a day that commemorates the Allied victory at the end of World War Two in Europe.

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Bayrou said Easter Monday had "no religious significance", and the whole nation had to work and produce more.

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But one room in the guesthouse is still sealed with a red ribbon, as it has been since its occupant died there on Easter Monday.

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